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ANMANGING FOR LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE
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‘To ensure that your voicings create a clear impression and that the intervals they contain
will be heard distinctly, do not include intervals below the limits shown in the chart
below. There are always exceptional cases in which these limits may be adjusted
downward. But if you follow them strictly, your voicings will never sound muddy.
‘unison (unlimited) minor 2nd major 2nd minor 3rd major 3rd
perfect 4th augmented 4th diminished Sth perfect Sth minor 6th ‘major 6th
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‘octave (unlimited)
diminished 7th ‘minor 7th ‘major 7th
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major 9th ‘minor 10th ‘major 10th
Whenever the bottom note of a voicing is not the root, “assume” there is a root and then.
check that the voicing follows the low-interval guidelines. In the example shown below,
the C7 voicing conforms to the guidelines. But in the A~7 voicing, after we assume the
root, the resulting minor third interval falls below recommended Jow-interval limits (LIL).
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(Problem)
‘minor 3rd is LIL violation
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